homelessness... Rep. Tom Brower has taken matters into his own hands... and those hands are holding a sledgehammer! KITV-4's Andrew Pereira has the details -- ALL NEW at 6. One look at Rep. Tom Brower's office at the state Capitol and you realize this is NOT your typical lawmaker... which brings us to this! REP. TOM BROWER: "I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT STOLEN AND ABANDONED SHOPPING CARTS IN WAIKIKI. AND I WAS THINKING AS A PUBLIC SERVANT WHAT CAN I DO THAT WOULD BE PRACTICAL AND I CAN LITERALLY DO OVERNIGHT?" Since late October, Brower has been taking his sledgehammer to wayward shopping carts ... an icon of the homeless issue in just about any city. REP. TOM BROWER: "CARTS HAVE BECOME I GUESS CRIMINAL NO. 1 ON TRASHY NEIGHBORHOOD S. SO, THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED." So far, the representative from Waikiki has demolished about 30 of them... both inside and outside his district. REP. TOM BROWER: "I CHOSE A SLEDGEHAMMER ONLY BECAUSE THE CARTS NEED TO BE DESTROYED TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET." ANDREW PEREIRA: "BROWER'S UNCONVENTIONA L METHOD HAS BEEN MAKING NEWS EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING MONDAY MORNING'S NEWSPAPER. THE REPRESENTATIV E REALIZES THERE'LL BE THOSE PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH HIM, AND THOSE WHO DO NOT." "PHONE CALL: "GOOD AFTERNOON, REP. BROWER'S OFFICER." Brower's legislative aide says emails have been mostly positive, but phone calls mostly negative. AIDE: "THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE. SO, THEY'RE SEEING THIS IN TUNNEL VISION AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS ALL HE DOES." REP. TOM BROWER: "I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOMELESS CAMP GROUND BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, EITHER THEY DON'T HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO GO TO THE SHELTER OR THEY DON'T WANT TO." Brower says he doesn't go on a shopping cart smashing spree every time he goes out. He actually returns carts that are in working order back to their rightful owners. But is Brower's smash-up solution breaking any law? REP. TOM BROWER: "I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT I'M TAKING THESE ACTIONS BECAUSE IT BRINGS THE DISCUSSION OUT. AND IF I AM BREAKING THE LAW I'D WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE AND HOW CAN I MODIFY MY APPROACH." One person Brower may be hearing from is the state's Homeless Coordinator Colin Kippen. Kippen calls Brower's method vigilante justice... and says it's mean-spirited. What do you think? Like us on our Facebook page and leave a